Combination repair heel



Jan.31,1939.A SNENN, y 2,145,778

l GOMBINAT'IQN REPAIR HEEL Filed March 3', 1958 l lll I .Invenor Silvio Nenni v .wm 15m Patented Jan. 31, 1939 i' y y gl,Ulm-ED .STATES PATENT OFFICE coMnvATroN REPAIR HEEL silvio` Nenni, Kingston, N. Y. Application March s, 193s, serial No. 193,751

' 3 claims. (o1. sms) l Myinvention relates generally to repair heels invest an unnecessarily large amount of money or lifts', and particularly to a replacement rubber to maintain a proper stock of repair heels. It is y heel for use in the shoe repairing trade especially obvious that by eliminating the necessity for the for. thereconditioning of the heels of ladies shoes, repairman to keep on hand an unwieldy and unandan important object of my'invention is to productive stock, and enabling the repairman to l5V provide yeil-*combination repair heel of this charpurchase a relatively smaller and less expensive acterwhich is so formed that it is readily adapted amountof heel replacements, as is provided for in tog'use in replacing Worn rubber heels on shoes of the present invention, the expense to the repairdifferentA sizesA so that the repairman is no longer man is reduced initially and also in the long under the necessity to carry a full range of sizes run by reducing the amount of unproductive 10' of repair heels. l y stock, since in purchasing a supply of the heels Another important object of my invention is of the present invention a repairman is required Vto 'provide al combination heel of the character only to buy a supply of one sizef which is capable f' indicated wherein the nailing holes are so loof being Worked into any of the desired sizes by ,cated that the heel may be immediately nailed in a simple operation already known to the trade. 15

placeon the heel of the'shoe andthe installation With these considerations in mind, reference f ythereof completed simply by trimming the heel is made to the drawing, and particularly to Figdown to the particular sizethen required. ure l thereof wherein the combination repair heel Other important objects of my invention will is generally designated 5- and comprises a body 'ber apparent from a reading of the following de- 6 of conventional thickness and conventional re- 20 scription taken in connection with the drawing, placement heel material and Whose main outline wherein vlor purposesl of illustration I have shown is in the shape and form of the largest required A'a preferred embodiment of my invention, size of heel replacement 0I' repair heel, Changed In the drawing'zonly by the projection beyond the rear thereof Figure'l is a plan view of a combination repair of a heel portion 8 corresponding in contour and 25 heel, in accordance with the present invention, size to a smaller sized replacement heel, and fur- Figure 2 is a plan view of a repair heel secured ther altered in its front or forward edge by a from utilization of the combination heel shown prOjeetOn 9 Corresponding in Outline and Size in Figure 1 by trimming off the upper and lower to the fore portion of still another size of repair v` projections appearing in Figure 1, the repair heel. It is evident that by trimming off the 30 heel Vbeing of the maximum size, say size 9. projections 8 and 9 the largest size repair heel @Figure 3 is a plan View of a small repair heel illustrated in Figure 2 0f the dleWing iS quicksecured by utilization of the combination heel ly and easily achieved.

and representing a size 00 repair heel achieved Within the periphery Of the largest Size heel 'l .'35 by-'trimming oi? the combination heel. is an indicating line I 0 which follows substan- 35 Figure 4 is a plan view of another size 00 tially the contour of the largest size heel 'I but is repair heel achieved by utilization of the comspaced inwardly therefrom to define the outline bination heel shown in VFigure 1. of the next smaller size heel, and spaced inwardly Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken from this line I0 is the line II which denes the n 40 through Figure l approximately on the line 5-5 outline of the next smaller size heel. Both of 40 y and showing. the convex curvature of the comthese smaller size heels I0 and I I are achieved bination heel, by trimming down the largest size heel 1 in a Ordinarily the shoe repairman must carry aV well known manner.

full range of sizes of repair heels and in his repair Merging with the projection 8 and the periph- 745 work there is usually an irregular consumption eral limits thereof is the line I2 which denes the 45 of Vcertain sizes, so that the repairman has frebalance of a next smaller repair heel, achieved vquently onhand a relatively large stock of inby trimming away the extraneousv portions of active sizes which after a certain length of time the combination heel body, and below lthe heel become aged and unt for use, and represent unline I2 is the line I3 which denes the same size productive investment. kIn addition to the foreof repair heel as the line I2 does, both ends of 50 goingconsiderations, it will be recognized that this line meeting the periphery of the projection because of the necessity to .purchase` theheels 9. lin relatively large lots, in a complete range or Of great importance is the manner in which sizes,- usually Without any limitation or Aselection the series of attaching nail receiving holes I4 and as to: size ranges, the repairman is required to the series of attaching nail receiving holes I! are 55 located in the heel body 6. 'I'he series I4 islocated in a centralized position near the rear of the heel body and in such a position that they come in the proper places Within the outline of the repair heel form I2, and the series Il5 is located for similar reasons Within the outline I3. It will alsoI be observed that the series I4 `and the series I5 are so located within the boundaries of the repair heel forms 1, I0 and Il that they are in the proper position not only for nailing and attaching the heel forms I2 and I3 and any other desired smaller size repair heel, but also the heel forms 1, I and H. These arrangements enable the repairman to take the combination repair heel 5, select the heel outline and register the heel outline with the heel of the shoe and vthen to insert and drive home the attaching nails and follow this operation by the trimming of the heel to shape. It is ob-vious that Where either the heel form I2 or the heel form I3 has been used in the repair of a shoe, the heel body 5 may be retained as a means of supplying a heel form invention, what is claimed as new is:-

1. A combination repair heel of the character described, comprising a body having a desired cross section, the major portion of the periphery of said body conforming to the size and shape of the largest repair heel form Wanted, the remaining portions of the periphery of the body including projections dening portions of smaller heel forms definable by trimming away parts of the heel body. Y

2. A combination repair heel of the character described, comprising a body having a desired cross section, the maj-or portion of the periphery of said body conforming to the size and shape of the largest repair heel form Wanted, the remaining portions of the periphery of the body including projections defining portions of smaller heel forms definable b-y trimming away parts of the heel body, each of the heel forms resident in said heel Vbody being pierced by a series of attaching nail receiving holes.

3. A combination repair heel of the character described, comprising a body having a desired cross section, the major portion of the periphery of said body conforming to the size and shape of the largest repair heel form Wanted, the remaining portions of the periphery of the body including projections dening portions of smaller heel forms denable by trimming away parts of the heel body, a side of said heel body containing markings dening sizes of heel forms smaller than that defined by the major outline for the largest size of repair heel, some of said outlines conforming to and merging into said projections.

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